re: Grady Dick if he’s there at 14

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I love Dick

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Your breakdown is wonky, and isn't practical in how guys are played, and Kira isn't on this team, and if he is, he's not playing. Hayes isn't on the team either.
Nance is the backup 5, not a 4.

If I were to do an honest breakdown:

CJ will play PG about 65% of the time, with Jose playing the other 35%

Herb and BI will play 100% of their minutes at the 2 or 3. Richardson will play 100% of his minutes at the 2/3.
Trey will play 35% of his minutes at the 3, and 65% of them at the 4.
Zion will play 100% of his minutes at the 4, although i'm sure they'll tinker with him at the 5 a bit at times.
JV and Larry will play 100% of their minutes at the 5.

No one else really matters as they are only playing significant minutes if someone else is hurt.
Dyson will get some minutes at the 1 and 2, how much depending on if he's improved offensively this offseason.


That's 10 guys i just mentioned getting minutes. Not including the #14 pick, or Naji, or Liddell

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Redundant to what we already have on the roster. We don't need another super lean wing, unless we trade one away, even if he is a great shooter.

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if he's a great shooter you thank god you get him 14th.

do you prefer duke center. 7 1 defender.
dukie cannot shoot yet. ordinarily I'd be fine with 7 1 defender but zion doesn't have much game away from the paint either.
a lot jam. its my hope zion plays like moses Malone vs summer league wanna be's and fetches the haul. so lively is ok if dick is gone at 14.

there are no full service point guards at 14.

dick is ok for 14.
might be mighty.

I want him if everyone can make shirts saying who wants the d

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do you prefer duke center. 7 1 defender.
dukie cannot shoot yet.

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We need a back up Center, but it's a bit of a reach at our pick. I wouldn't hate it though.

I don't dislike Dick. He seems like a good future role player. But I want more out of the 14th pick than a 12th or 13th guy for us playing 10mpg.

Here is a hypothetical. If Washington offered us Kispert for the 14th pick, would we do it? Is that good value?

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Washington offered us Kispert for the 14th pick, would we do it? Is that good value?

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no

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) Kispert has 2 less years on his rookie deal

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Kispert has 2 years in the league and is a proven performer. Less of a gamble.

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Kispert is 5 years older

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More mature and a greater immediate contributor.

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Dick is 2 inches taller

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Sure 1-2 inches. Kispert is more physically developed and has good size for his role. I don't see where that height would be a major advantage.

All that said, I wouldn't make the trade either. I don't think it's the best value and I don't see Kispert playing a big role with our team. So why would I take Dick who I would expect to play a similar role but is much less proven?

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McCollum, Ingram and Murphy would be the those three. Then we have Daniels, Jones and Nance coming off the bench. I just don't see where an additional wing gets any minutes.

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You are thinking too short term. No rookie is going to come in and start without injury. Skillsets we are missing: movement shooting, rim protection, rim pressure, and to a lesser extent rebounding.

Gradey is a potentially elite shooter who can rebound and be a competent positional defender. We only have 2 shooters right now on the roster: Trey and CJ. Trey is primarily a C&S guy and I don’t know how much of movement shooting he can add with his body type. Also if one of CJ/Trey is out for any extended time, our spacing sucks.

If Gradey becomes the movement shooter many expect, you have the ability to really stretch out a defense for Zion to feast with CJ-Gradey-Trey lineups.